The new book Reigna Nostalgia by Fire Island: The queer Beach Mecca in the 1950s (photos)
The month of pride may have finished, but the Cherry Grove Archives (CGAC) collection plans to keep this summer of LGBTQ+ History with a trio of multimedia projects in honor of Fire Island, the beach fate included in New York.
On July 26, the CGAC will publish “Safe/Haven”, based on the acclaimed travel exhibition of the same name, as a limited editing photo book with 77 pages of the Cherry Grove community of Fire Island in the 1950 As seen through the eyes of the Sabel Scities drag icon, it will be screened for the first time.
Harold Seeley Gift/Cherry Grove Archives Collection
Then there is “queer Grove”, a new podcast presented by Sargent that premiered in May. The seven episodes podcast presents a large number of special guests, such as the writer of “Fire Island” and Estrella Joel Kim Booster, the veteran veteran of “Rupaul’s Drag Race” Bianca del Río and the LGBTQ+ Edie Windsor rights icon.
In an interview with News, Sargent, who is also the creative director of CGAC, said she hoped to offer the listeners and spectators “inspiration and instruction” through a careful examination of queer people “who fought through negligence and hatred, who fought for the freedoms that we are in danger of losing today.”
“Returning and reexamining the interviews I have done with the members of the community in the last 10 years has been a comfort to me, at a time when I do not feel very safe in this country as a trans woman,” he said. “Listen to the judgments and triumphs of my elders and people that I respect have helped to keep things in perspective.”
Gay Nathan and Julie Paradise/Cherry Grove Archives Collection gift
She continued to observe: “When they hear her stories, we can find hope and action plans.”
The new CGAC programming follows what it was, for some in the queer community, a month of somewhat moderate pride. Although many celebrated the tenth anniversary of matrimonial equality in the USA. UU., June was also marked by a notable decrease in corporate support for LGBTQ+causes.
Since he assumed the position in January, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reverse the civil rights of the LGBTQ+community, while the Supreme Court last month launched several decisions that were favorable for transgender people and confirmed a prohibition of gender attention for minors.
The resistance, Sargent said, begins with “strange joy.”
John Sorensen and Walter Caron/Cherry Grove Archives Collection Gift
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“We hope that those who have highlighted in our works feel honest and that those who listen to their stories, share their memories and see their photos, will be inspired and energized,” he said.
“This year, more than in recent decades, I think this safe space is needed to cure our bodies and souls of hateful attacks that come from the Alt-Right movement to silence our community,” he added. “We need to join, relax to the sun, love passionately, shout out loud, dance with pride and find the inspiration to continue fighting.”
Harold Seeley Gift/Cherry Grove Archives Collection